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study buddy matching
SHOW HN2018
217points
64comments
#157of 2,155 in 2018
Top 8%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
12 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 9 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept for online learners
From 3 comments
This is awesome! Are you familiar with the plus/equals/minus learning concept? Unfortunately I can't recall the exact term used when I first read about it and google isn't…
elliekelly on HNThis is a fantastic idea. With some MOOCs, I tend to procrastinate heavily, so I hope societal pressure from a study buddy would help me avoid that :)
kakaorka on HNWonderful concept. From my experience in distance learning (online courses), lack of human engagement is the #1 problem that leads to dropping a course -- no real human…
crazygringo on HN
Objections
Sign-up requires full name and email before seeing features
From 2 comments
That looks like a great thing to me. One thing that bothers me though is that you have to hand over your full name and email address before you can even see what functionality…
sischoel on HNI think it would help, you could also have a link to a separate page where you show screenshots and how it works if you want to keep your landing page minimal. It's just a trust…
sischoel on HN
Search overlay appears broken and confusing
From 1 comment
Latest firefox, created account, logged in, went to '_build_ my profile', received what looks like my profile screen, clicked on 'search' for courses, a gray overlay is put in…
passwordreset on HN
Unclear how studying with a buddy works once matched
From 2 comments
Latest firefox, created account, logged in, went to '_build_ my profile', received what looks like my profile screen, clicked on 'search' for courses, a gray overlay is put in…
passwordreset on HNThanks. The Tinder comparison is fairly clear, but there's still something nagging at me. Tinder (I think) is partially based on physical location. I suppose there's always…
passwordreset on HN
Landing page looks unfinished and needs explanation
From 1 comment
I think it's a really cool service to offer and I could see it really helping a lot of people. Here's my thoughts on it. The main webpage is possibly too minimal. While…
agracey on HN
Requests
Add more courses such as Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard and fast.ai
From 4 comments
I know this is for MOOCS but there are lots of great courses that are available online from universities where this would be useful. I'm taking Deep Reinforcement Learning…
kirill5pol on HNPlease add courses like CS109 (Harvard), CS231n (Stanford) etc. They are pretty famous among the MOOC people as far as I know.
harias on HNAny chances of adding Fast.ai courses?
thisisit on HNCrap, one more thing I meant to add -- Stanford Lagunita (lagunita.stanford.edu) has a number of interesting courses that you might be interested in indexing.
passwordreset on HN
Add class size display
From 1 comment
Our catalog currently consists of all courses from Coursera, edX, Udacity, Udemy, and The Great Courses Just put that sentence on your site. It would also be helpful to see…
nerdponx on HN
Add a Q&A or mentor pairing feature
From 1 comment
This is awesome! Are you familiar with the plus/equals/minus learning concept? Unfortunately I can't recall the exact term used when I first read about it and google isn't…
elliekelly on HN
Add location-based matching
From 1 comment
Thanks. The Tinder comparison is fairly clear, but there's still something nagging at me. Tinder (I think) is partially based on physical location. I suppose there's always…
passwordreset on HN
Add non-MOOC subjects like languages and frameworks
From 1 comment
How about adding non-MOOCs for people to organize learning subjects together? Say I want to learn a new language or framework. It would be nice to be able to find a group of…
maltalex on HN
Questions
How do people actually study together online?
From 2 comments
Latest firefox, created account, logged in, went to '_build_ my profile', received what looks like my profile screen, clicked on 'search' for courses, a gray overlay is put in…
passwordreset on HNThanks. The Tinder comparison is fairly clear, but there's still something nagging at me. Tinder (I think) is partially based on physical location. I suppose there's always…
passwordreset on HN
Why use this site instead of MOOC discussion forums?
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you look for a study buddy on your site and not in the MOOC discussion forum (because there you will easily find people taking the same…
account99668877 on HN
Alternatives named
MOOC discussion forums
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you look for a study buddy on your site and not in the MOOC discussion forum (because there you will easily find people taking the same…
account99668877 on HN
Reddit learning communities
From 1 comment
You might also consider posting this to /r/cscareersquestions or /r/learnprogramming on reddit.
afarrell on HN
Plus/equal/minus learning model
From 1 comment
This is awesome! Are you familiar with the plus/equals/minus learning concept? Unfortunately I can't recall the exact term used when I first read about it and google isn't…
elliekelly on HN